stranger what do you do me im a professor stranger youre way too young to be a professor you look like a student im in my s and i dress more professionally than my colleagues but im also petite and female my male partner who has the same age and occupation is never told that he doesnt look like a professor it sends me the message that im an imposter merely playacting at being a serious scholar or authority figure made me feel like no one will take me seriously despite my accomplishments